Families still prefer the informal system of “godparents”, which permits a family member with no dependents, a ray aman-dreny (elder) or mpiantoka (guarantor), to raise a young relative (taiza) whose ties with his or her original family are intact but who is in a new environment.
Las familias se mantienen fieles a un "padrinazgo" informal que permite a un miembro de la familia, "ray aman-dreny" o "mpiantoka" (garante) criar, sin cargo alguno, a un pariente joven, un "taiza", cuyos vínculos con la familia de origen permanecen intactos y que sólo cambia de entorno.